Mahmoud Darwish's most famous lines
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: On this earth there is what makes life worth living. · I long for my mother's bread, my mother's coffee, my mother's touch. · And I love my life because if I died I would be ashamed of my mother's tears.. (Updated Apr 22, 2021.)
"On this earth there is what makes life worth living", "I long for my mother's bread" and "Think of others": the most quoted lines and sayings of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, with the poem or collection they come from.
Automatically translated (original in العربية). See the original
Top 13
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On this earth there is what makes life worth living.
Poem "On This Earth", from Fewer Roses (1986).
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I long for my mother's bread, my mother's coffee, my mother's touch.
Poem "To My Mother", from Lover from Palestine (1966).
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And I love my life because if I died I would be ashamed of my mother's tears.
Poem "To My Mother", from Lover from Palestine (1966).
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As you prepare your breakfast, think of others; don't forget to feed the doves.
Poem "Think of Others".
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As you think of distant others, think of yourself; say: if only I were a candle in the dark.
Poem "Think of Others".
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Your eyes are a thorn in my heart; they hurt me... and I worship them.
Poem "A Lover from Palestine" (1966).
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Like them, nothing pleases me, but I am tired of travelling.
Poem "Nothing Pleases Me".
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And history mocks its victims and its heroes… it casts a glance at them and moves on.
Poem "I Am Not Mine".
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I am not mine… I am not mine.
Poem "I Am Not Mine".
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My country, far from me… like my heart! My country, close to me… like my prison!
Poem "The Earth".
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Where do I begin?… And where do I end?
Poem "Letter from Exile".
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If we must dream, let the dream be like us, and simple.
One of his widely quoted sayings.
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We dreamed of nothing more than a life like life, or to die in our own way.
One of his widely quoted sayings.
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